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9780815632351

Family, Gender, and Law in a Globalizing Middle East and South Asia

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    9780815632351

  • ISBN10:

    0815632355

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-11-01
  • Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. vii
Contributorsp. ix
Introductionp. xiii
Colonial Modernity and Family Law Codes
Disobedient Wives and Neglectful Husbands
Marital Relations and the First Phase of Family Law Reform in Egyptp. 3
Patriarchy, Sexuality, and Property
The Impact of Colonial State Policies on Gender Relations in Indiap. 19
Religion, Custom, the State, and Patriarchy
The Monotheisms, Patriarchy and the Constitutional Right to Human Dignity in Israelp. 43
Legal Pluralism Versus a Uniform Civil Code
The Continuing Debates in Indiap. 65
Institutions and Women's Rights
Religion, the State, and Family in Turkeyp. 79
Family Law Codes Contested and (Re)constructed
Struggles over Personal Status and Family Law in Post-Baathist Iraqp. 105
Family, Gender, and Law in Jordan and Palestinep. 126
Revisiting the Debate on Family Law in Morocco
Context, Actors, and Discoursesp. 145
Straddling CEDAW and the MMA
Conflicting Visions of Women's Rights in Contemporary Pakistanp. 163
Women's Roles and Family Relationships Renegotiated and Redefined
Gender and Law(s)
Moral Regulation in Contemporary Bangladeshp. 187
Shifting Practices and Identities
Nontraditional Relationships among Sunni Muslim Egyptians and Emiratisp. 211
Afghan Refugee Women in Iran
Revisioning the Afghan Familyp. 223
Works Citedp. 251
Indexp. 283
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